Relation of trihalomethane concentrations in public water supplies to stillbirth and birth weight in three water regions in England

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-232

  Toledano, Mireille B ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b   Best, Nicky ^a   Whitaker, Heather ^a,c   Hambly, Peter ^a   de Hoogh, Cornelis ^a   Fawell, John ^d   Jarup, Lars ^a   Elliott, Paul ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chemical; Disinfection; Infant low birth weight; Pregnancy outcome; Stillbirth; Trihalomethanes; Water pollution; Water purification

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CHLOROFORM; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 14744276546     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7111     Document Type: Article

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